WASHINGTON -- The committee that runs the Orange Bowl bumped up its CEO's pay by nearly $150,000 in 2009, boosting his compensation to more than $500,000, according to a recently filed tax return.
Orange Bowl spokesman Larry Wahl said in an email that the increase was mostly supplemental compensation given to CEO Eric Poms for "the added work and effort involved" in hosting two Bowl Championship Series games in 2009, including the national championship, in South Florida.
The Orange Bowl is one of four premier college football games that also hosts the BCS title game once every four seasons, along with the Sugar, Rose and Fiesta Bowls. The Fiesta Bowl fired CEO John Junker last week over extravagant and improper spending uncovered by an internal report.
As a public charity, the Orange Bowl must list its highest compensated employees on its 990 tax returns, which are publicly available. Those returns show that Poms raked in $507,000 in 2009, a 42 percent increase over the previous year's take of $358,000.
Bowl officials wouldn't provide Poms' salary for last year, when the Orange Bowl did not host the BCS title game. Wahl said Poms' "total compensation for 2010 has dropped below the double-hosting level in 2009 and the exact amount will be reported when our next 990 is filed as required by the IRS."
The bowl also gave big boosts to three other top executives, ranging from 24 percent to 38 percent, according to an Associated Press analysis of tax returns.
Poms' pay still lagged behind Junker's $674,000, and Sugar Bowl CEO Paul Hoolahan's $645,000. But it far exceeded the $282,000 paid to then-Rose Bowl executive director Mitch Dorger.
The annual compensation for Dorger's replacement, Scott McKibben, has not yet been reported on a tax return, but McKibben told the AP that his base salary is $425,000, and could be higher based on a bonus program. He added that the Rose Bowl also provides additional compensation to employees in the years it hosts national championship games.
Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press
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